A strategic struggle is taking place over Iraq between America and Iran. Fire always plays with fire. What strategy, what fire, what play?For Americans, the play was to remake Iraq that will result in a democratic, pluralistic society that is conducive...
Topics: Americans, Iran, Iraq, Politics

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The following text is Jon Alterman’s Testimony on the House Foreign Affairs Committee about Iran’s activities in the Levant on June 5, 2008. Alterman says, “There is a school of thought that suggests that much of our problem in the Middle East is...
Topics: Iran, Politics, United States

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This article is the text of a speech given by Richard Rorty in April 2004 at the Centre for Cultural Studies in Tehran, Iran. Besides Rorty, speakers included Jürgen Habermas, Noam Chomsky, Ágnes Heller, Timothy Garton Ash, Michael Ignatieff, Adam...
Topics: Democracy, Philosophy, Rorty

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According to Max News some high-level mullahs with final say on all societal issues in Saudi Arabia have issued fatwa (religious edict) against the “X.” For them, the X’s sin is its obvious resemblance with the out-lawed symbol of cross.This Fatwa..
Topics: Culture, Derrida, Life, Politics, Religion

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